The Office of the Surveyor-General is the primary government authority on surveying and the cadastre (land property boundaries and tenure).

The Office of the Surveyor-General is the government authority on the cadastre (land property boundaries and tenure), cadastral surveying legislation, foundation spatial data, geographic place names, roads opening and closing and positioning and geodetic surveying infrastructure.

The role and responsibilities of the Surveyor-General include:

• Setting cadastral survey practice standards and monitoring compliance
• positioning infrastructure and geodetic surveying
• integrity of land property boundaries and tenure
• land administration
• foundation spatial data
• roads opening and closing
• place name proposals
• geographic place names
• Adelaide Park Lands Plan
• leadership role within the profession.